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Sat, 24 January 2009 00:43

SKEETER
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Registered: January 2009

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I am new here, this is a great site. I am an old dude, been playing for 44 years and remember when Kustoms were the hottest thing going. If you didn't have at least one Kustom stack in your band you didn't get the gig at the local swimming pool.

I just picked up a very nice K150-2, I am working on a blues album and wanted it for the tremelo and vibrato as well as the beefy tone and I have many questions.
First, this one has a serial number in the series 84XXX. Judging by other info I have seen here I am wondering if this is a later model, it seems like a high number. Does anyone have an idea of when it is made?
The reason I am concerned about the age is because I want to put a new lamp in it (which is not functioning) and I would like to know if the lamp replacement info applies to all years.
This model also has a polarity switch that looks just like the power switch. Does it contain a lamp also?
When I open it up to change the lamp, is it pretty much self explanatory or is there a trick or two to getting it out? From the front it looks like a sealed switch with a lamp in it, but from the posts I have seen here, I get the impression that the square blue button is not part of the switch. Is this right? Is the lamp socket replaceable?

Also, I intend to take the head out of the cabinet and build a new cabinet for it and store original to keep it intact. It is nearly new looking, no sense in me tearing it up gigging.
Is there any reason not to do this?

Lastly, I have never seen an XLR plug with 4 pins. It seems I read somewhere here that it is for switching 4 different fuctions. Is it a monmentary switch or does it have to continiuosly complete a circuit?
I am only interested in being able to switch the tremelo , is there any reason not to drill a hole in the back panel and put in a 1/4" jack and connect it to the appropriate lug on the XLR?

And, do you know what the pinout of the XLR is?

Thank you in advance for any info you can give me.

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		Some questions By: SKEETER on Sat, 24 January 2009 00:43
		Re: Some questions By: LesS on Sat, 24 January 2009 11:25
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Sat, 24 January 2009 19:26
		Re: Some questions By: stevem on Mon, 26 January 2009 06:22
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Mon, 26 January 2009 10:50
		Re: Some questions By: stevem on Mon, 26 January 2009 12:26
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Mon, 26 January 2009 14:39
		Re: Some questions By: stevem on Tue, 27 January 2009 06:27
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Tue, 27 January 2009 10:44
		Re: Some questions By: chicagobill on Tue, 27 January 2009 11:12
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Tue, 27 January 2009 11:24
		Re: Some questions By: stevem on Tue, 27 January 2009 12:16
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Tue, 27 January 2009 12:49
		Re: Some questions By: stevem on Tue, 27 January 2009 13:08
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Tue, 27 January 2009 13:34
		Re: Some questions By: stevem on Tue, 27 January 2009 14:43
		Re: Some questions By: SKEETER on Tue, 27 January 2009 16:28

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